JD Wetherspoon is to cut up to half of its jobs at pubs across six UK airports.

Using the Standard Occupation Classification system (SOC), we can get an approximation of occupations that are generally considered to require high, medium or low skills. High skilled jobs are those in the 1-3 digit SOC category, generally requiring a graduate level education; 4-6 digit SOCs are mid-range skills, mostly requiring a Level 3-5 education; and 7-9 digit SOCs are low skilled, which is mainly Level 2 qualifications and below.

We’ve recently been using datasets such as Claimant Counts and Furlough data, to try and glean some insights into the state of the labour market in the UK as the crisis has unfolded throughout the year. 

Iceland has created 3,000 new jobs to help cope with a surge in demand for online groceries since lockdown.

Domino’s Pizza, Britain’s biggest pizza delivery chain, is to create 5,000 new jobs and support more than 1,000 placements in the government’s fledgling Kickstart scheme as it gears up for its busiest time of year.

UK employers have slashed 695,000 jobs since March when the coronavirus first sent Britain into national lockdown. Britain’s official unemployment rate also increased as expected by analysts to 4.1% between May July from 3.9% a month earlier, according to new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published on Tuesday.

Supermarket giant Morrisons has said it's hired more than 45,000 new staff as demand for groceries soared in the face of the pandemic.